Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1910
Number:22 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Lord Philip James Weardale (Stanhope)
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1847
Year, Death:1923
Profession:Member of the British parliament (House of Lords)
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Motivation:Lord Weardale promoted arbitration, disarmament and inter-parliamentary peace work.
 
Nominator:
Name:Alfred Hermann Fried
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1864
Year, Death:1921
Profession:Journalist and editor. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
City:Vienna
Country:AUSTRIA (AT)
 
Comments: The nominator suggested that the prize ought to be divided between Lord Weardale and Descamps. Philip Stanhope was elevated to the peerage in 1905 and he became First Baron Weardale of Stanhope. Before he entered the House of Lords in 1905 he had been a member of the House of Commons 1886-1900 and 1904-1905.